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Beyond coal and oil: Amory B. Lovins' vision for clean energy

Houston Chronicle, April 24, 2012
View the video of Amory's April 17, 2012, Baker Institute Energy Forum lecture, “Reinventing Fire: The Business-led Transition Beyond Oil and Coal."

Big, bold new ideas for utilities?

Intelligent Utility, April 23, 2012
Nearly every utility is pursuing objectives such as energy efficiency, demand response, customer engagement and renewables integration that some 40 years ago might have been mischaracterized as "radical environmentalism." Today, not so much—these are mainstream ideas and the only debate is how best to implement them.

GSA Saves Taxpayer Money With Deep Energy Retrofits of Federal Buildings

Forbes, April 23, 2012
With the Deep Retrofit Challenge, GSA aims for deeper savings and, with the help of RMI, is creating a plan to reach net zero energy in their buildings and developing long-term solutions for its entire portfolio.

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